This film is based on the classic novel of the same name by writer Ivan Franko, one of the most famous figures of Ukrainian literature. It is set during the 1200s and the invasion of the medieval Ukrainian-Russian state of Rus' by Chengis Khan's Golden Horde. Due to its having been produced during the Soviet era, the story's aspect of class-conflict between the "heroic" peasantry and the "decadent" noble particularly emphasized here.
Vasyl Symchych
Ivan Havryliuk
Antonina Leftiy
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Boryslav Brondukov
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Bolot Beyshenaliev
Fedir Panasenko
Volodymyr Oleksiyenko
Gennadi Danzanov
Naidan Gendunova
Liliya Gurova
Valerii Panarin
Nikolay Fedortsov
Lev Perfilov
Heorhiy Yakutovych
Ruslan Akhmetov
Georgios Sovchis
Mykola Yakovchenko
Vitali Rosstalnoy
Borys Savchenko
Volodymyr Shakalo
Nikolay Voronin
German Kolushkin
Hanna Levchenko
Aleksandr Lipov
Yevhen Khrynyuk